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She confides her joy in working there and also tells John that he was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the store.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In September, she apparently confides to Stern: "Just spoke to Jeffrey. I told him we are working on everything. Wow it is so so demoralising. I am about to freak with exhaustion."

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Ortega is the show — not just her story but her rapport with the theatergoers, with whom she confides as if to old friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

"He is a very nice man, but he is a hard man too," one of them confides.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

The next morning, she confides in her daughter, Karla Yamileth Chavez.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario